XIX and XX century critic ascribed historic painting as dull, didactic and pompatic. Sketches of Maria Poprzęcka deny this opinion. Historic painting can, for nowaday audience, be a magic time machine. To contemplate with works of Rubens, David, Delacroix or Matejko is unique ocassion for fascinating voujage through historical epocs. Illustrated by whole pages of reproductions esseys of Poprzęcka are often penetrating historic reportages about paintings and they authors.

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